Can-filling machine.



J. H. & PSW. BURPEE.

CHINE.

CAN FILLING MA APPLIUATIGN FILED D1m.22.1011.

Patentad Sept. 151?,

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1 J. H. F. W. BUR-PEE.

CAN 'FILLING MAGHlNB.

APPLICATION FILED mu. 2:1,

Patented Sept. 24, 1912 2 SHEETSWSHEET 2.

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JHN B'URPEE AND FRANK W. BURPEE, OF BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON.

CAN-FILLING MACHINL Specification of Letters Patent.

eradication tiled December 22, 1911.

Patented Sept. 24,1912. Serial No. 667,357,

To alzi ,whom it may concern Be it known that We, .Toux Bnnrnn and FRANK `W.` Buinen, citizens hl the Dominion of Canada, and residents of the city otlellingham, in the county ot' Whatcom and Stale ot' 'll'vashingtorn have invented certain 'rien' and use'lnlimprovements in Can- Filling Machines, of which the following is a .si ieeitieation.

ber invention has for its primary object to provide novel inechanism for eitl'ccting the npiniding oit the cans, subsequently tothe filling thereof, for delivery 'from the apparatus with their open ends uppermost.

lil/ith the above and other objects in View, to be referred to afs -our description progresses, the invention resides in the features of construction, arranffements and combinations of parts hereinatter described and `succinctly defined in our annexed claims.

Referring to the acei'impanying drawings wherein lihe characters of rezlference indicate like parte througlmut: Figure 1 is a top plan oi' :i machine r-n'ibodying our invention. l "i in a tragininitary vertical transverse nec lon thi-rect. Fig. 3 a longitudinal seen tion taken on line iw-25 o Fig. l, and Fig. 4 is; a fragmentary View illustrating more particularly the ejector in opera tion.

(lar invention in particularly designed for use in conneciirm with can filling machines of that type wherein the cans are lilled While resting on their sides and broadly comprehends mechanism `for upending the filled cans aothat 'they will be discharged open end up, thereby preventing loss ot their contents during their delivery from vthe machine.

This upending ol the cans is extremely deeirnhle when handling short cans or hats, as will he 'ammi-ent.

' We have incorporated our improvements in a can till-ing nmehine ot the type shown in Patent mi! ,767, ismed l'uly 2li, 1883.

ieterring to they drawings by'nuinerale ot reifere ne, .l indicates a vertically disposed can carrier. lined to shaft 2 and provided with peripheral Seats 3 adapted `for reeeptirm of the cana, as 4, on their sides, and 5 indicates an inclined can Way, extending' in proximity lo the lower side of carrier l, ilown which the rane roll into the seats Si' which latter are successively brought into 'iL-'receiving pos. n with respect to Way 5 through, carrier ii being intermittently rotated by meehaniem hereinafter described Reference numeral 6 indicates a guide extending from a slide 7 up at the upwardly moving side of carrierfl to an eyector S, mounted on an oscillatory support 9, for `movement erosswise o1 carrier 1 and into the seats 3 thereof for effecting ejection and simultaneous upending of the cans, the latter when discharged falling open endup on a fixed delivery chute 12, of any suitable construction. Oscillatory support 9 is fulcrumed, as at Yl0, on guide G-ancl operatively connectedl at its lower end, as by a link 11, with slide 7. Ejector S is pivoted, as at 8', on support 9 and is free to swing thereon in a rearward direction. An adjustable stop 13, consisting ot a screw threaded on support 9, as shown, limits forward relative swinging oi ejector 8 and serves to norimally hohl the latter in a predetermined normal position, which is at a slight rearward inclination to its support, as shown in Fig. 2, so that during advance movement, it will engage `the upper edge of the can and thereby etl'ect a tilting of the latter simultaneously with its ejeetion,` see` Fig. l. liljector 8 being freel to swing rearwardly on support 9, this engagement of the can will be of a yielding nature, thereby overcoming injury to the cans, as will be readily understood.

Sha'ft 2 is' driven intermittentl the same being :provided with a notched heel 111, in thel notches of which a pin o a gear 16 lenga res. Gea-r 16 is in mesh with a pinion 17, fixed to a drive .shaft 18 ahd meshing with a gear 19 on a cam shaft 2Q.

Tile charges for the cans nrelormed and ineerted in identically the sanh manner as hereilubet'ore referred to. V1n this mechamsm l-l. lndleates a hopper to which the lish lf indicates a fork mounted i'|n the oseillatoryl back or block E .tor alternate provice or former, having a movable baek wall neotediwith a cam T, on shaft 20 for movement through said measuring del ice.

Slide 7 which is connected by a bell crank lever 1i 'with back Wall C is provi led with a lng s fbi' engagement with a ca in a seat of earlier l toiforce said can ontov the spout A. lf en the can is there rlpttitioned, plunger I' B ie` advanced to or7 1rd the that chown and described in Paire-nt 2551,4'67,

or otl er material is fed along a ibed way 1l.

jeetio`1 and retraction into hopper l'l torforcing the material into the measuring de-V C and gate W. B indicates a pl'xnger con-iv titl llt)

charge into the can, 'at which time slide 7 is retracted and the advance movement. of the plunger continued to seat the filled can on carrier l, as is ivell understood.

l indicates a connecting rod between oscillatory back i and lever t) pivoted to arm P, and Z a connecting rod between movable rear wall C and lever S.

L indicates a knife carrying slide which is actuated by a. cam. J acting upon a lever arm K anda connecting rod z'.

Reference character a indicates a suitable Ytrame upon which the various -merhanisins and driving shafts'are supported.

In the operation of our invention, slide and ejector 8 operate in unison during a pause of carrier l, the former carrying a can, previously advanced by carrier l from feed Way 5, to spout A for filling, immediately following Which it is returned to the carrier for conveyance up guide and the latter acting to discharge a filled can onto delivery chute 1Q.

Having thus described our invention, what We claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent or' the United States ,of America, i

l. In can filling apparatus, a rotary carrier provided with a 'transverse seat for holding a can on its side, means for oper ating said carrier, and means tor tilting the cans on said carrier to eject and sin'niltane ously 11p-end the cans.'

2. ln can filling apparatus, a rotary carrier provided with a transverse seat for holding a can on its side, means for open' ating said carrier intermittently, means movable against the cans for tilting the cans on said carrier and simultaneously ejecting the same, and means for operating said second means during a pausev of said carrier.

3. ln a can filling apparatus, a vertically disposed rotatably supported carrier provided with seat for holding a can on its side, said seat extending transversely oi said carrier 'for delivery of the can from the side thereof, means for rotating said carrier, and means for ejecting a can :trom the seat of said carrier by first tilting the can on said carrier.

et. In a canl filling apparatus, a vertically disposed rotatably supported carrier provided With a seat for holding a can on its side, said seat extending transversely of said carrier for delivery ot' the can from the side thereof, means for rotating Asaid carrier intermittently, means movably crossivise oi the path el said carrier for ejecting a can therefrom by first tilting of the can on said carrier, and means for operatinp7 said la t named means during a pause ot' said carrier.

o. In can filling apparatus, a rotary carrier provided with a transverse seat for holding a can on it@J side, a can delivery means extending alongside said carrier,

means for operating said carrier, means for effecting the transfer of cans from said carrier to said delivery means and the apending of the cans during such trans't'er, and means for operating s id first means to tilta can on said carrier during the initial por*- tion o' the transfer movement oit the fan.

6. ln can filling apparatus, a rot-ary carrier provided ivith a transverse seat for holding a can on its side, a can delivery means extend-ing alongside said carrier, means for operating said carrier intermit tently, means supported ter movement crosswise of the path of said carrier for engage mentI with a can thereon to tilt and simultaneously eject a 'can on Isaid carrier to said delivery means, and means for operating said last named means during a 'pause of said carrier.

7. ln can filling apparatus, a vertically disposed rotary carrier provided 'ith a transverse peripheral seat tor reception of a can on its side, can filling means at the side of said carrier, an ejector means supported above said .first means for movement cross-- Wise of the path et' said carrier to engage a can and tilt the same on said carrier to an overbalancing position, means for operating aid carrier intermittently to convey a tilled can from saidfillingmeans to said ejector means, and means for operating said filling means and said ejector means during a pause et said carrier.

8, ln canfilling apparatus, a vertitally disposed rotatable' carrier formed with a transverse peripheral pocket adapted to receive a can on its side, can filling means at the side of said carrier, means for rotating said carrier intt-a'mittentlyl means for oper-C ating said filling means duringa panse of said carrier, means at the upper side of said carrier 'for removing` the cans, said last means being adapted to engage a can and tilt the same on said carrier whereby the cans during their discharge will be simultzuieously upended, and a guide at the 11p-- Wardly moving side of said carrier for holding the cans on the latter duringiheir travel to said last .named means.

9. ln can filling apparatus, a vertically dispos-ed rotatable carrier formed Yivith a transverse peripheral pocket adapted to receive a can on its de, can filling means at 'the side of said carrier, means for rotating said carrier intermittently, means for operating said filling means during a pause of said verrier, means for ejecting and simultaneously upending the cans supported at the upper sident said carrier for movement crossivise oit' the pat-h of the latter .for engagement with the cans to tilt .the saine on said carrier, and means :tor operating said last named means during a panse of said. carrier.

10. In can filling apparatus, in cembina..

tion witha vertically disposed rotatable carrier provided lwith a' transversely disposed peripheral seat, mechanism for filling a can and inserting the latter on its side in the seat ot' said carrier, and means for operating the same, means for effecting and simultaneously upending the filled cans supported at the upper side of said carrier for engagement 'with the cans conveyed from said mechanism to tilt the same on said carrier, and means for holding the cans on said'carrier during their conveyance to said second named means.

11. In can filling apparatus, in combination with a vertically disposed rotatable carrier provided with a transversely disposed peripheral seat, mechanism for filling a can and inserting the latter on -its side in the seat ot said carrier, ar'rieans for operating the same, means for ejecting and simultaneously upendingthe filled cans supported at the upper side of said carrier for movement crosswise of the path thereof to engage and tiltI the can on said carrier, and means for operating said second named means.

1Q. Tn can filliingr apparatus, in'combination With av vertically disposed rotatable carrier provi'iied with a transversely disposed peripheral seat adapted to receive a can on its side, means for operating said carrier intermittenlly.y can filling mechanism at the side of' .said carrier, and means for operating saidv can filling mechanism during a pause of said carrier, an ejector supported at the upper side of said carrier for movement through the seat thereof to engage and tilt a can in said seat. and means for operating said ejectorduringr a pause of said carrier.

13. In can filling apparatus, in combination with a vertically disposed rotatable carrier provided with a transversely disposed 4peripheral seat adapted to receive a can on its side. means for operating said carrier intermittently, can filling mechanism at the side of said earrici', and'ineansfor operating said can .filling mechanism during a pause of said carrier, iin-ejector, an oscillatory support on which said ejector is mounted for movement intothe seat of said carrier, and

means 'for oscillating said support duringa pause of said carrier to tilt a can on said carrier. v

14. In can filling apparatus, in combination with a vertically disposed rotatable carrier provided with a transversely disposed peripheral seat adapted. tao receive a can pn its side., means for operating said carrier intermittently, can filling mechanism at the side of said carrier, and means for operating said can filling mechanism during a pause of said carrier, an oscillatoryy support, an ejector pivotally mounted on said support for movement into the seat of said carrier, and means for oscillatingr said support dui ing a pause of said carrier to engage and tilt a can von said carrier.

1,5. In can filling apparatus, in combination .with a vertically disposed rotatable car i'ier provided with a transversely disposed peripheral seat adapted to receive 'a can on its side, means for operating said carrier intermittently, can filling mechanism at the side of said cari'ier, and means for operating said can filling mechanism during a pause of said carrier, an oscillatory support, an ejccton member carried by said support for movement into the seat. of said carrier, said member being pivoted at its upper end portion and having its lower portion free to swing rearwardly, adjustable means for limiting forward movement of' said member on said support, and means for oscillating said support during a pause ot said carrier' yto engage and tilt a can on said carrier.

16. In can fillin apparatus, the combination with a vertically disposed rotatable carrier provided with transverse peripheral cau seal, an inclined can leed way extending downwardly into provimity` to the lower side of said carrier, can filling means at one side of said carrier, a can conveying slide supported"for movement beneath said carrier for conveying a can from the latter to and from said filling means, and means for- Iing side ot' said carrier, amovable support connected with said slide for movement. thereby, and an ejector at. the upper end of said guide mounted on said support for movement into the seat of said carrier to engage and tilt a' can therein.

Signed at Bellingham, iVashingtom-thi's i 6th day of December 1911.

JOHN H. BURPEE.' Signed at Seattle, Washington, this 1st day of December 1911. L FRANK 1V. BURPEE.

lWitnesses:

F. D. YALE,

JoHN F. WELLS. Witnesses:

ARLITA ADAMS,

JAMES E. SPRoLL. 

